Railway construction.



J. LAMB.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1914.

1,1 1 6,446. Patented Nov. 1o, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTULITHO..WASHINGTUN. D. C.

J. LAMB. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1,- 1914.

Patented Nov. 10; 1914.

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i vUNITED sTATEs PATENT onirica.l

J' AMES LAMB, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

specification of Lettersratent. PatentedNmlQ, 1914,

Application tiled` September 1, `1914. Serial No. 859,708.

To all 'whom it may concern:

` Be it known that I, JAMES LAMB, a citi zen ofthe United States,residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailwayConstruction, of which the following is a full, clear, i and accuratespecification and exposition,`

the .same being such as will enable others to make and assemble the samewith exactitude.

. `In the operation of railways it .is well known that the greatest lossof lile and property and consequent expense for repairs and damagesresults from the antique construction oi the permanent way, which hasnot kept `pace with `the improvements in rollingstock and the managementof traffic. To overcome thisobjection and to place the roadbedon parwith other improvements in this line is the primal object of thisinvention, by the employment of which life and property will beconserved and thereby reducing the cost of railway tratlic in genJ eral.

\ Further objects are to provide a road-hed for railways which will notdeteriorate with .time and usage; will be absolutely safe for trafllepassing thereover; which can be manufactured` and installed at acomparatively low price, andthe maintenance of `which will bepractically ail.

More particular objects andadvantages of my invention will be broughtout in the course of the following description, and that which is newwill be correlated in the ap pended claims.

that of Figs. l and 2, showing the manner of connecting certain parts.Fig. 5 is a detail section showing one of the clips for securing` therails to the` plateszatpoints be` tween the ties. detail view of theupper portion of one of the posts.

Similar indices denote like parts through` out the several views.

And Fig. 6 isa perspective y y In order that the construction of my Yin#vention may be more fully understood and appreciated I will now take upa kdetailed descriptonthereof, in which I will set forth sively as Imay. u ,3

In the drawings numeralsl and 2 `denote the twolines of parallel rails,whichfmay be of the ordinary form and size. rails rest on cross-ties 3,4L and 5, which I the invention as fully and as comprehenprefer shouldbe `formed comparatively small, and made of plain bars of solidsteel,and they may be placed a considerable dis- The said` tanceapart, that isapproximately twice the .y

distance apart as are the ordinary ties. Lo-` cated directly below thecrossing of each:

rail with each tie is aI vertically disposed post, which may beof castiron, as for instance the posts 6, 7, 8, 9 and l0, which are identicalwith each other-` Formed on the lower end of each of said posts andprojectingout laterally therefrom is` a baseplate 11, substantially asshown. The upper end of each post is formed bifurcated,

whereby a channel is formed in the` upper end of each post toreceive`the ties, as shown; y

in Fig. 2. Brackets 12and 13 extendout froineach side of the posts, theupper faces of said brackets being located even with, and forminghorizontal continuationoutward of thebase of said channel, therebyforming a bed .for the tie, the width of the tie being substantiallyequal to the width of said channel inthe post. Formed in the upper endof the postare the two Leshaped grooves lll and l5, which are oppositelydisposed with relation to each other, each being parallel with andopening into the said channel, y

substantially as shown in Fig. 6.

Numerals 1G and 17 denote connecting plates, whose widths are the sameas is the width of the base of the rails which are adapted to restthereon. The ends of "each plate is bent down `at right-angles) therebyforming a hook, as the hook 18 shown most clearly in Fig. 6. Said hooksare adapted P-vv-v to fit each in its respective groove lil-15,

f as denoted in Fig. 6.

20 in Fig. 6.

The means for securing the rails tothe ties, at each crossing thereof,comprises the clips 21 and 22, which rest onfthe surface of` the tiesand extend inwardly over the base of the rails to the webs of the rails.The

said clips are secured each by a bolt, 23 `and 24: respectively.' Thesaid bolts being disposed through apertures 19 in the respectivebrackets and through corresponding apertures in the clips and the ties.EX- tending down from the under face of Ieach clip is a lug, as the lug25 shown in Fig. il, which fits in the respective soclrets20 andprevents the clips from turning out of securing position. y

Connecting each rail to its plate,l intermediate the ties, is a slidableclamp '26, which may be placed on over the ends ofthe rails and plates,or kthe ends thereof may be bent down 'in contact with the base oftherail after they are located in position.

Numerals 27 andV 28 denote two concrete walls, made parallel with eachother and l0- cated directly below the respective rails, and they extendfrom the plates 164-17 downwardto at least even with the base plate 11,and inclosing the respective posts, substantially as shown.

Numeral 29 denotes the earth, and numeral 30 denotes the ballast.

'In practice preferably two trenches are formed parallel with each otherin the earth i 29, the centers of which are the same distance apart asthe distance between thecena ters of the rails 1 and 2. The width ofeach; trench is wider than the width of the base of the railsthereabove. The posts, above described, are then setup in said trenchesand located the proper distance apart, with the base plates 11 restingon firm foundations.` rl`he tiesA are then placed in position 'extendingacross and resting in their channels in the upper end Vof the posts. Thebolts 23 and 24 are lthen inserted upward from below through theirrespective apertures'in vthe brackets andthe ties, which will space theposts the proper distances apart laterally. rl`he posts on each sidearethen connected by the` plates 16 and 17, which will Vplace the tiesthe properdistances apart, and also'the posts. The next vopera#v "tionis to till in 'the trenches with concrete in plastic form, extending itup to the plates 16 and 17, and thereby inclosing the posts.

Either-before, or after, the placing of the concrete the rails may beplaced in position on the plates and connected together by the usualfish-plates, and they may be connected to the ties by the clips 21 and22, which latter are secured by the bolts 23 and 2f-1 as stated, wherebythe rails will be securely connected to the ties. It is evident that theties will act to connect the two walls of concrete, preventing them fromspreading and retaining them in' proper relationship with each other.AAnd nally the ballast 30 may be placed in position in the usual mannerand extended up even with or over the ties as desired.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isl 1. Theherein described railway construction, comprising a concreteformationfor Aeach line of rails,'yertical posts embedded vin theconcrete, plates connecting the posts of each line, ties connecting thetwo lines of posts, Vrails resting on each line of plates, and means forconnecting the rails to the upper ends of the posts, all substantiallyas shown and described.

2. Theherein described railway construction, comprising two parallellines of metal posts, concrete walls inclosing the posts,

metal ties connecting the posts of the two 'A lines, metal platesconnecting each line of posts, means for securing the ties to 1theposts, means for securing the plates .to the posts, rails disposed' oneach line ofplates, and means for securing the rails to the ties, allsubstantially as shown and described.

3. The herein described railway construction, comprising two parallellines firails, ties extending across under the rails, a extending downfrom the crossing of each rail and tie, means lfor securing the posts,the ties and the rails together, plates extending along underneath therails andeach connecting two of said posts, and concrete surrounding theposts and extending therebetween under each line of rails, allsubstantially as shown and described.

4. The herein described railway construction, comprising metal` postsembedded in concrete and arranged in two lines parallel with each other,metal plates connecting each line of posts, ties extending across andeachl attached `to 'posts on opposite sides,

vrails resting on the plates and extending `parallel therewith and alsoresting onthe ties, clips for securing the rails to the ties, and boltsconnecting the clips, the ties and the posts together, all substantiallyas shown and described.

5. `The herein describedrailway construction comprising two lines ofmetal lpostsjlocated in trenches, concrete walls yfilling the trenchesand inclosing the posts, ties "secured in the upper ends of the postseach tie connecting posts of opposite lines, fr 'plates resting on theconcrete walls, each plate connecting two posts of the same line, meansfor securing the ties to tlie posts, rails restsubscribed my naine tothis specification in lng on each line of plates and crosslng the thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.` ties, means for securing therails to the tles,

p and means for connecting the rails to plates JAMES LAMB' 5intermediate the posts, all substantially as Witnesses:

shown and described. RUSSELL PItlTsINGER, In testimony whereof I havehereuntoI Ronin W. HANDLE.

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